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pear

N ลูก แพร์ pippin russet luk-pare

pear-shaped

ADJ ซึ่ง มี รูปร่าง เหมือน ลูก แพร์ oval egg-shaped sueng-me-rub-rang-muan-luk-pare

pear-shaped

SL ผิดพลาด pid-plad

pearl

N ที่ มี กระแสน้ำ ไหล วน (แม่น้ำ purl ti-me-kra-sea-nam-lai-won

pearl

N รูปทรง ไข่มุก bead drop rub-song-kai-muk

pearl

N สี มุ ก สี ไข่มุก สี ออก ขาวนวล bone ivory off-white se-muk

pearl

N ไข่มุก kai-muk

pearl barley

N ข้าว บาร์เลย์ ที่ ถูก สี เป็น เม็ด กลม เล็กๆ kao-ba-lea-ti-tuk-se-pen-ma-led-kao-lek-lek

pearl diver

N คนง มหา ไข่มุก คน เก็บ ไข่มุก kon-ngom-ha-kai-muk

pearl eye

N ต้อกระจก tor-kra-jok

pearl gray

N สีเทา อม ฟ้า se-tao-aom-chom-pu

pearlescent

ADJ คล้าย ไข่มุก ซึ่ง มี ผิว เหมือน ไข่มุก klai-kai-muk

pearly

ADJ ที่ คล้าย ไข่มุก opaline milky ti-klai-kai-muk

pearly

ADJ ที่ ประดับ ด้วย ไข่มุก nuts ti-pra-dub-duai-kai-muk

pearshaped

A เป็น รูป ผล แพร์ นิ่มนวล

peart

A ร่าเริง มีชีวิต

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PEAR

n.[L. pyrum.] The fruit of the Pyrus communis, of many varieties, some of which are delicious to the taste.

PEARCH

PEARL

n.perl. 1. A white, hard, smooth, shining body, usually roundish, found in a testaceous fish of the oyster kind. The pearl-shell is called matrix perlarum, mother of pearl, and the pearl is found only in the softer part of the animal. It is found in the Persian seas and in many parts of the ocean which washes the shores of Arabia and the continent and isles of Asia, and is taken by divers. Pearls are of different sizes and colors; the larger ones approach to the figure of a pear; some have been found more than an inch in length. They are valued according to their size, their roundness, and their luster or purity, which appears in a silvery brightness.
2. Poetically, something round and clear, as a drop of water or dew.
3. A white speck of film growing on the eye.

PEARL

v.t.perl. To set or adorn with pearls.

PEARL

v.i.perl. To resemble pearls.

PEARLASH

n.perl'ash. An alkali obtained from the ashes of wood; refined potash.

PEARLED

a.perl'ed. Set or adorned with pearls.

PEARL-EYED

a.perl'-eyed. Having a speck in the eye.

PEARL-SINTER

n.Fiorite; a variety of silicious sinter, the color gray and white.

PEARL-SPAR

n.perl'-spar. Brown spar.

PEARL-STONE

n.A mineral regarded as a volcanic production. It occurs in basaltic and porphyritic rocks, and is classed with pitch stone. Pearl-stone is a subspecies of indivisible quartz.

PEARL-WORT, PEARL-GRASS

n.A plant of the genus Sagina.

PEARLY

a.perl'y. Containing pearl; abounding with pearls; as pearly shells; a pearly shore. 1. Resembling pearls; clear; pure; transparent; as the pearly flood; pearly dew.

PEARMAIN

n.A variety of the apple.

PEAR-TREE

n.The tree that produces pears.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PEAR

Pear, n. Etym: [OE. pere, AS. peru, L. pirum: cf. F. poire. Cf. Perry. ] (Bot. )

Defn: The fleshy pome, or fruit, of a rosaceous tree (Pyrus communis ), cultivated in many varieties in temperate climates; also, the tree which bears this fruit. See Pear family, below. Pear blight. (a ) (Bot. ) A name of two distinct diseases of pear trees, both causing a destruction of the branches, viz. , that caused by a minute insect (Xyleborus pyri ), and that caused by the freezing of the sap in winter. A. J. Downing. (b ) (Zoöl.) A very small beetle (Xyleborus pyri ) whose larvæ bore in the twigs of pear trees and cause them to wither. -- Pear family (Bot. ), a suborder of rosaceous plants (Pomeæ ), characterized by the calyx tube becoming fleshy in fruit, and, combined with the ovaries, forming a pome. It includes the apple, pear, quince, service berry, and hewthorn. -- Pear gauge (Physics ), a kind of gauge for measuring the exhaustion of an air-pump receiver; -- so called because consisting in part of a pear-shaped glass vessel. Pear shell (Zoöl.), any marine gastropod shell of the genus Pyrula, native of tropical seas; -- so called from the shape. -- Pear slug (Zoöl.), the larva of a sawfly which is very injurious to the foliage of the pear tree.

PEARCH

PEARCH Pearch, n. [Obs. ]

Defn: See Perch.

PEARL

PEARL Pearl, n.

Defn: A fringe or border. [Obs. ] -- v. t.

Defn: To fringe; to border. [Obs. ] See Purl. Pearl stitch. See Purl stitch, under Purl.

PEARL

Pearl, n. Etym: [OE. perle, F. perle, LL. perla, perula, probably fr. (assumed ) L. pirulo, dim. of L. pirum a pear. See Pear, and cf. Purl to mantle. ]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A shelly concretion, usually rounded, and having a brilliant luster, with varying tints, found in the mantle, or between the mantle and shell, of certain bivalve mollusks, especially in the pearl oysters and river mussels, and sometimes in certain univalves.It is usually due to a secretion of shelly substance around some irritating foreign particle. Its substance is the same as nacre, or mother-of-pearl. Pearls which are round, or nearly round, and of fine luster, are highly esteemed as jewels, and compare in value with the precious stones.

2. Hence, figuratively, something resembling a pearl; something very precious. I see thee compassed with thy kingdom's pearl. Shak. And those pearls of dew she wears. Milton.

3. Nacre, or mother-of-pearl.

4. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A fish allied to the turbot; the brill.

5. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A light-colored tern.

6. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the circle of tubercles which form the bur on a deer's antler.

7. A whitish speck or film on the eye. [Obs. ] Milton.

8. A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing some liquid for medicinal application, as ether.

9. (Print. )

Defn: A size of type, between agate and diamond. * This line is printed in the type called pearl. Ground pearl. (Zoöl.) See under Ground. -- Pearl barley, kernels of barley, ground so as to form small, round grains. -- Pearl diver, one who dives for pearl oysters. -- Pearl edge, an edge of small loops on the side of some kinds of ribbon; also, a narrow kind of thread edging to be sewed on lace. -- Pearl eye, cataract. [R.] -- Pearl gray, a very pale and delicate blue-gray color. -- Pearl millet, Egyptian millet (Penicillaria spicata ). -- Pearl moss. See Carrageen. -- Pearl moth (Zoöl.), any moth of the genus Margaritia; -- so called on account of its pearly color. -- Pearl oyster (Zoöl.), any one of several species of large tropical marine bivalve mollusks of the genus Meleagrina, or Margaritifera, found in the East Indies (especially at Ceylon ), in the Persian Gulf, on the coast of Australia, and on the Pacific coast of America. Called also pearl shell, and pearl mussel. -- Pearl powder. See Pearl white, below. -- Pearl sago, sago in the form of small pearly grains. -- Pearl sinter (Min. ), fiorite. -- Pearl spar (Min. ), a crystallized variety of dolomite, having a pearly luster. -- Pearl white. (a ) Basic bismuth nitrate, or bismuth subchloride; - - used chiefly as a cosmetic. (b ) A variety of white lead blued with indigo or Berlin blue.

PEARL

PEARL Pearl, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to pearl or pearls; made of pearls, or of mother-of-pearl.

PEARL

PEARL Pearl, v. t.

1. To set or adorn with pearls, or with mother-of-pearl. Used also figuratively.

2. To cause to resemble pearls; to make into small round grains; as, to pearl barley.

PEARL

PEARL Pearl, v. i.

1. To resemble pearl or pearls.

2. To give or hunt for pearls; as, to go pearling.

PEARLACEOUS

PEARLACEOUS Pearl *a "ceous, a.

Defn: Resembling pearl or mother-of-pearl; pearly in quality or appearance.

PEARLASH

PEARLASH Pearl "ash `, n. (Chem. )

Defn: A white amorphous or granular substance which consists principally of potassium carbonate, and has a strong alkaline reaction. It is obtained by lixiviating wood ashes, and evaporating the lye, and has been an important source of potassium compounds. It is used in making soap, glass, etc.

PEARL-EYED

PEARL-EYED Pearl "-eyed `, a.

Defn: Having a pearly speck in the eye; afflicted with the cataract.

PEARLFISH

PEARLFISH Pearl "fish `, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait.

PEARLINS; PEARLINGS

Pearl "ins, Pearl "ings, n. pl. Etym: [Prob. a corruption of purflings.See Purfle. ]

Defn: A kind of lace of silk or thread. [Scot. ] Sir W. Scott.

PEARLITE; PEARLSTONE

PEARLITE; PEARLSTONE Pearl "ite, Pearl "stone `, n. (Min. )

Defn: A glassy volcanic rock of a grayish color and pearly luster, often having a spherulitic concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic.

PEARLWORT

PEARLWORT Pearl "wort `, n. (Bot. )

Defn: A name given to several species of Sagina, low and inconspicuous herbs of the Chickweed family.

PEARLY

PEARLY Pearl "y, a.

1. Containing pearls; abounding with, or yielding, pearls; as, pearly shells. Milton.

2. Resembling pearl or pearls; clear; pure; transparent; iridescent; as, the pearly dew or flood.

PEARMAIN

PEARMAIN Pear "main, n. (Bot. )

Defn: The name of several kinds of apples; as, the blue pearmain, winter pearmain, and red pearmain.

PEAR-SHAPED

PEAR-SHAPED Pear "-shaped `, a.

Defn: Of the form of a pear.

PEART

Peart, a. Etym: [A variant of pert, a.]

Defn: Active; lively; brisk; smart; -- often applied to convalescents; as, she is quite peart to-day. [O. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] There was a tricksy girl, I wot, albeit clad in gray, As peart as bird, as straight as bolt, as fresh as flowers in May. Warner (1592 ).

New American Oxford Dictionary

pear

pear |pe (ə )r pɛ (ə )r | ▶noun 1 a yellowish- or brownish-green edible fruit that is typically narrow at the stalk and wider toward the base, with sweet, slightly gritty flesh. 2 (also pear tree ) the Eurasian tree that bears this fruit. [Genus Pyrus, family Rosaceae: several species and hybrids, in particular P. communis. ] ORIGIN Old English pere, peru; related to Dutch peer, from Latin pirum.

pear drop

pear drop ▶noun a small boiled sweet in the shape of a pear, with a pungently sweet flavour.

Pearl

Pearl a city in central Mississippi, just east of Jackson; pop. 24,400 (est. 2008 ).

pearl

pearl |pərl pərl | ▶noun 1 a hard, lustrous spherical mass, typically white or bluish-gray, formed within the shell of a pearl oyster or other bivalve mollusk and highly prized as a gem. • an artificial imitation of this. • (pearls ) a necklace of pearls. • something resembling a pearl in appearance: the sweat stood in pearls along his forehead. • short for mother-of-pearl. • a very pale bluish gray or white like the color of a pearl. 2 a precious thing; the finest example of something: the nation's media were assembled to hear his pearls of wisdom . ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 literary form pearllike drops: the juice on the blade pearled into droplets. • [ with obj. ] make bluish-gray like a pearl: the peaked hills, blue and pearled with clouds. 2 (usu. as noun pearling ) dive or fish for pearl oysters. PHRASES pearls before swine valuable things offered or given to people who do not appreciate them. [with biblical allusion to Matt. 7:6. ]DERIVATIVES pearl er noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French perle, perhaps based on Latin perna ‘leg, ’ extended to denote a leg-of-mutton-shaped bivalve.

pearl ash

pearl ash ▶noun archaic commercial potassium carbonate.

pearl barley

pearl bar ley |pərl ˈbɑrli | ▶noun barley reduced to small round grains by grinding.

pearl bulb

pearl bulb ▶noun Brit. an electric light bulb with translucent glass.

pearl button

pearl but ¦ton ▶noun a button made of real or imitation mother-of-pearl.

Pearl City

Pearl Cit y a city in Hawaii, on southern Oahu Island, on Pearl Harbor; pop. 30,976 (2000 ).

pearl diver

pearl div er ▶noun a person who dives for pearl oysters.

pearled

pearled |pərld pərld | ▶adjective 1 literary adorned with pearls: we saw her pearled like the queen. • bluish-gray, like a pearl. 2 formed into pearllike drops or grains: pearled barley.

pearlescent

pearl es cent |pərˈlesənt pərˈlɛsnt | ▶adjective having a luster resembling that of mother-of-pearl: pearlescent colors.

pearl everlasting

pearl ev er last ing ▶noun variant of pearly everlasting.

pearleye

pearl eye |ˈpərlˌī ˈpərlaɪ | ▶noun a long-bodied, active fish of open oceans, with tubular eyes that are directed upward and bear a glistening white spot that may be a light organ. [Family Scopelarchidae: several genera and species. ]

pearlfish

pearl |fish |ˈpəːlfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or pearlfishes ) 1 a long slender fish found chiefly in warmer seas, which lives inside the shells of bivalve molluscs or the body cavities of sea cucumbers and other invertebrates. ●Family Carapidae: several genera and species. 2 a small Argentinian killifish, popular in aquaria. ●Cynolebius belotti, family Cyprinodontidae.

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Har bor |pɜːrlˈhɑːrbər | a harbor on the island of Oahu, in Hawaii, the site of a major US naval base, where a surprise attack on December 7, 1941, by Japanese carrier-borne aircraft inflicted heavy damage and brought the US into World War II.

pearlite

pearl ite |ˈpərˌlīt ˈpərlaɪt | ▶noun Metallurgy a finely laminated mixture of ferrite and cementite present in cast iron and steel, formed by the cooling of austenite. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from pearl + -ite 1 .

pearlized

pearl ized |ˈpərlīzd ˈpərlaɪzd | ▶adjective made to have or give a luster like that of mother-of-pearl.

pearl millet

pearl mil let ▶noun a tall tropical grain with long cylindrical ears, comprising an important food crop in the driest areas of Africa and South Asia. [Pennisetum glaucum (or typhoides ), family Gramineae. ]

pearl mussel

pearl mus sel ▶noun an elongated freshwater bivalve mollusk that occasionally produces small pearls, found in large rivers of the northern hemisphere. [Margaritifera margaritifera, family Margaritiferidae. ]

pearl onion

pearl on ion ▶noun a very small onion used esp. for pickling.

pearl oyster

pearl oys ter ▶noun a tropical marine bivalve mollusk that has a ridged scaly shell and produces pearls. [Genus Pinctada, family Pteriidae: several species, in particular P. margaritifera, a major source of commercial pearls. ]

Pearl River

Pearl Riv er 1 a river in southern China that flows from Guangzhou (Canton ) south to the South China Sea and forms part of the delta of the Xi River. Its lower reaches widen to form the Pearl River estuary, an inlet between Hong Kong and Macao. 2 a river that flows for 485 miles (780 km ) across central Mississippi, to form part of the border with Louisiana, into the Gulf of Mexico.

pearl tea

pearl tea ▶noun another term for bubble tea.

pearlware

pearl ware |ˈpərlˌwe (ə )r ˈpərlwɛr | ▶noun fine glazed earthenware pottery, typically white, of a type introduced by Josiah Wedgwood in 1779.

pearlwort

pearl wort |ˈpərlwərt, -ˌwôrt | ▶noun a small plant of the pink family, with inconspicuous white flowers, native to north temperate regions. [Genus Sagina, family Caryophyllaceae. ]

pearly

pearl y |ˈpərlē ˈpərli | ▶adjective ( pearlier, pearliest ) resembling a pearl in luster or color: the pearly light of a clear, still dawn. • containing or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl. PHRASES pearly whites informal a person's teeth. DERIVATIVES pearl i ness |-lēnis |noun

pearly everlasting

pearl y ev er last ing ▶noun an ornamental North American plant with gray-green foliage and pearly white flower heads, used in dry flower arrangements. [Anaphalis margaritacea, family Compositae. ]

pearly eye

pearl y eye ▶noun a brown American butterfly with pearly markings and distinctive eyespots on the undersides of the wings. [Genus Lethe, subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae. ]

Pearly Gates

Pearl y Gates |ˈˌpərli ˈɡeɪts | ▶plural noun informal the gates of heaven: I am getting less fond of poems about old age as I near the Pearly Gates.

pearly king

pearly king |pɜːliˈkɪŋ |(also pearly queen ) ▶noun a London costermonger wearing traditional ceremonial clothes covered with pearl buttons.

pearly nautilus

pearl y nau ti lus ▶noun another term for chambered nautilus (see nautilus ).

Pearmain

Pear main |ˈpe (ə )rˌmān ˈpɛrmeɪn | ▶noun a pear-shaped apple of a variety with firm white flesh. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting an old variety of baking pear ): from Old French parmain, probably based on Latin parmensis ‘of Parma. ’

Pears, Sir Peter

Pears, Sir Peter |pɪəz | (1910 –86 ), English operatic tenor. In his lifelong partnership with Benjamin Britten he performed the title roles in all Britten's operas and with Britten co-founded the Aldeburgh Festival in 1948.

pear-shaped

pear-shaped |pɛ (ə )r ʃeɪpt | ▶adjective shaped like a pear; tapering toward the top. • (of a person ) having hips that are disproportionately wide in relation to the upper part of the body.

Pearson, Karl

Pear son, Karl |ˈpi (ə )rsən ˈpɪərsən | (1857 –1936 ), English mathematician; the principal founder of 20th -century statistics. He defined the concept of standard deviation and devised the chi-square test.

Pearson, Lester Bowles

Pear son, Lester Bowles |ˈpɪərsən ˈpi (ə )rsən | (1897 –1972 ), Canadian diplomat and Liberal statesman; prime minister 1963 –68. As secretary of state for external affairs 1948 –57, he acted as a mediator in the resolution of the Suez crisis in 1956. Nobel Peace Prize (1957 ).

Pearson's correlation coefficient

Pear son's cor re la tion co ef fi cient (also Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient ) ▶noun Statistics a statistic measuring the linear interdependence between two variables or two sets of data. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: named after K. Pearson (see Pearson, Karl ).

peart

peart |pərt pərt | ▶adjective dialect lively; cheerful. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: variant of pert .

Peary, Robert Edwin

Pea ry, Robert Edwin |ˈpi (ə )rē ˈpɪəri | (1856 –1920 ), US explorer of the Arctic. He is generally credited with being the first person to reach the North Pole, on April 6, 1909, although his achievement is now doubted.

Peary Land

Pea ry Land a mountainous region on the Arctic coast of northern Greenland. It is named after Robert Peary, who explored it in 1892 and 1900.

Oxford Dictionary

pear

pear |pɛː | ▶noun 1 a sweet yellowish- or brownish-green edible fruit which is narrow at the stalk and wider towards the base. 2 (also pear tree ) the Eurasian tree which bears the pear. ●Genus Pyrus, family Rosaceae: several species and hybrids, in particular P. communis. ORIGIN Old English pere, peru, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch peer, from Latin pirum.

pear drop

pear drop ▶noun a small boiled sweet in the shape of a pear, with a pungently sweet flavour.

Pearl

Pearl a city in central Mississippi, just east of Jackson; pop. 24,400 (est. 2008 ).

pearl

pearl 1 |pəːl | ▶noun 1 a hard, lustrous spherical mass, typically white or bluish-grey, formed within the shell of a pearl oyster or other bivalve mollusc and highly prized as a gem. • an artificial imitation of a pearl. • (pearls ) a necklace of pearls. • something resembling a pearl: the sweat stood in pearls along his forehead. • short for mother-of-pearl. • [ mass noun ] a very pale bluish grey or white colour like that of a pearl. 2 a person or thing of great worth: he has some pearls of wisdom to offer. ▶verb [ no obj. ] 1 literary form pearl-like drops: the juice on the blade pearled into droplets. • [ with obj. ] make bluish-grey: sunset pearling the sky above the hills. 2 (usu. as noun pearling ) dive or fish for pearl oysters. PHRASES cast pearls before swine offer valuable things to people who do not appreciate them. [with biblical allusion to Matt. 7:6. ]DERIVATIVES pearler noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French perle, perhaps based on Latin perna ‘leg ’, extended to denote a leg-of-mutton-shaped bivalve.

pearl

pearl 2 |pəːl | ▶noun Brit. another term for picot.

pearl ash

pearl ash ▶noun [ mass noun ] archaic commercial potassium carbonate.

pearl barley

pearl bar ¦ley ▶noun [ mass noun ] barley reduced to small round grains by grinding.

pearl bulb

pearl bulb ▶noun Brit. an electric light bulb with translucent glass.

pearl button

pearl but ¦ton ▶noun a button made of real or imitation mother-of-pearl.

Pearl City

Pearl Cit y a city in Hawaii, on southern Oahu Island, on Pearl Harbor; pop. 30,976 (2000 ).

pearl diver

pearl diver ▶noun a person who dives for pearl oysters.

pearled

pearled |pəːld | ▶adjective 1 literary adorned with pearls: we saw her pearled like the Queen. • bluish-grey, like a pearl. 2 formed into drops or grains: pearled barley.

pearlescent

pearl |es ¦cent |pəːˈlɛs (ə )nt | ▶adjective having a lustre resembling that of mother-of-pearl: pearlescent colours.

pearl everlasting

pearl ever |last ¦ing ▶noun variant of pearly everlasting.

pearleye

pearl |eye |ˈpəːlʌɪ | ▶noun a long-bodied fish of open oceans, with tubular eyes which are directed upward and bear a glistening white spot that may be a light organ. ●Family Scopelarchidae: several genera and species.

pearlfish

pearl |fish |ˈpəːlfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or pearlfishes ) 1 a long slender fish found chiefly in warmer seas, which lives inside the shells of bivalve molluscs or the body cavities of sea cucumbers and other invertebrates. ●Family Carapidae: several genera and species. 2 a small Argentinian killifish, popular in aquaria. ●Cynolebius belotti, family Cyprinodontidae.

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Har ¦bor |pɜːlˈhɑːbə (r )| a harbour on the island of Oahu, in Hawaii, the site of a major American naval base, where a surprise attack on 7 December 1941 by Japanese carrier-borne aircraft inflicted heavy damage and brought the US into the Second World War.

pearlite

pearl |ite |ˈpəːlʌɪt | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Metallurgy a finely laminated mixture of ferrite and cementite present in cast iron and steel, formed by the cooling of austenite. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from pearl 1 + -ite 1 .

pearlized

pearlized |ˈpəːlʌɪzd |(also pearlised ) ▶adjective made to have or give a lustre like that of mother-of-pearl.

pearl millet

pearl mil ¦let ▶noun a tall tropical cereal with long cylindrical ears, cultivated as a food crop in the driest areas of Africa and South Asia. ●Pennisetum glaucum (or typhoides ), family Gramineae.

pearl mussel

pearl mus ¦sel ▶noun an elongated freshwater bivalve mollusc which occasionally produces small pearls, found in large rivers of the northern hemisphere. ●Margaritifera margaritifera, family Margaritiferidae.

pearl onion

pearl onion ▶noun a very small onion used for pickling.

pearl oyster

pearl oys ¦ter ▶noun a tropical marine bivalve mollusc with a ridged scaly shell, which produces pearls. ●Genus Pinctada, family Pteriidae: several species, in particular P. margaritifera, a major source of commercial pearls.

Pearl River

Pearl River a river of southern China, flowing from Guangzhou (Canton ) southwards to the South China Sea and forming part of the delta of the Xi River. Its lower reaches widen to form the Pearl River estuary, the inlet between Hong Kong and Macao.

pearlware

pearl |ware |ˈpəːlwɛː | ▶noun [ mass noun ] fine glazed earthenware pottery, typically white, of a type introduced by Josiah Wedgwood in 1779.

pearlwort

pearl |wort |ˈpəːlwəːt | ▶noun a small plant of the pink family, with inconspicuous white flowers, native to north temperate regions. ●Genus Sagina, family Caryophyllaceae.

pearly

pearly |ˈpəːli | ▶adjective ( pearlier, pearliest ) resembling a pearl in lustre or colour: nice pearly teeth. • made of or adorned with pearls or mother-of-pearl. ▶noun ( pl. pearlies ) (pearlies ) 1 Brit. pearly kings and queens. • a pearly king's or queen's clothes or pearl buttons. 2 (also pearly whites ) informal a person's teeth. DERIVATIVES pearliness noun

pearly everlasting

pearly everlasting (also pearl everlasting ) ▶noun an ornamental North American plant with grey-green foliage and pearly white flower heads, used in dry flower arrangements. ●Anaphalis margaritacea, family Compositae.

pearly eye

pearl y eye ▶noun a brown American butterfly with pearly markings and distinctive eyespots on the undersides of the wings. [Genus Lethe, subfamily Satyrinae, family Nymphalidae. ]

Pearly Gates

Pearly Gates ▶plural noun informal the gates of heaven: I am getting less fond of poems about old age as I near the Pearly Gates. ORIGIN with biblical allusion to Revelation 21:21.

pearly king

pearly king |pɜːliˈkɪŋ |(also pearly queen ) ▶noun a London costermonger wearing traditional ceremonial clothes covered with pearl buttons.

pearly nautilus

pearly naut |ilus ▶noun a common nautilus of the Indo-Pacific, with a light spiral shell that is white with brownish bands on the outside and lined with mother-of-pearl on the inside. ●Nautilus pompilius, subclass Nautiloidea.

Pearmain

Pearmain |ˈpɛːmeɪn, ˈpəːmeɪn, pəˈmeɪn | ▶noun a pear-shaped dessert apple of a variety with firm white flesh. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting an old variety of baking pear ): from Old French parmain, probably based on Latin parmensis ‘of Parma ’.

Pears, Sir Peter

Pears, Sir Peter |pɪəz | (1910 –86 ), English operatic tenor. In his lifelong partnership with Benjamin Britten he performed the title roles in all Britten's operas and with Britten co-founded the Aldeburgh Festival in 1948.

pear-shaped

pear-shaped ▶adjective tapering towards the top, like a pear. • (of a person ) having hips that are disproportionately wide in relation to the upper part of the body. PHRASES go pear-shaped Brit. informal go wrong: everything went pear-shaped. [originally RAF slang. ]

Pearson, Karl

Pear |son |ˈpɪəs (ə )n | (1857 –1936 ), English mathematician, the principal founder of 20th -century statistics. He defined the concept of standard deviation and devised the chi-square test.

Pearson, Lester Bowles

Pear |son |ˈpɪəs (ə )n | (1897 –1972 ), Canadian diplomat and Liberal statesman, Prime Minister 1963 –8. As Secretary of State for External Affairs (1948 –57 ) he acted as a mediator in the resolution of the Suez crisis (1956 ). Nobel Peace Prize (l957 ).

Pearson's correlation coefficient

Pearson's correlation coefficient (also Pearson's product-moment correlation coefficient ) ▶noun Statistics a statistic measuring the linear interdependence between two variables or two sets of data. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: named after K. Pearson (see Pearson, Karl ).

peart

peart |pɪət, pjəːt | ▶adjective US dialect lively; cheerful. ORIGIN late 15th cent.: variant of pert .

Peary, Robert Edwin

Peary, Robert Edwin |ˈpɪəri | (1856 –1920 ), American explorer of the Arctic. He is generally credited with being the first person to reach the North Pole, on 6 April 1909, although his achievement is now doubted.

Peary Land

Peary Land a mountainous region on the Arctic coast of northern Greenland.

Duden Dictionary

PEARL

PEARL Substantiv, Neutrum EDV , das |pəːl |das PEARL; Genitiv: des PEARL Kurzwort aus englisch p rocess and e xperiment a utomation r ealtime l anguage Programmiersprache, besonders zur Lösung von Echtzeitaufgaben

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Har bor Eigenname |Pearl H a rbor ˈpøːɐ̯l …bə |amerikanischer Flottenstützpunkt im Pazifik

Spanish Dictionary

pearse

pearse verbo pronominal Ecuad No asistir a clase o a un lugar donde se debe cumplir una obligación .

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

pear

pear /peə r / (! pair, pareと同音 ) 名詞複～s /-z /C 〘植〙セイヨウナシ ; その木 (pear tree ).～́ dr ò p セイヨウナシ型のキャンディ .

pearl

pearl /pəː r l /〖語源は「ムラサキ貝」〗名詞複～s /-z /1 C 真珠〘6月の誕生石; →birthstone 〙; 人工真珠 ▸ pearl earrings 真珠のイヤリング 2 ｟文｠C 真珠のようなもの〘汗や涙のしずくなど〙▸ pearls of sweat 真珠のような汗 3 U 真珠層 (mother-of-pearl ).4 C 〖通例単数形で〗特に優れている人 [物 ].5 U 真珠色 .c à st p é arls before sw í ne ｟ことわざ｠「豚に真珠」, 「猫に小判」〘聖書より〙.形容詞〖通例名詞の前で〗真珠をちりばめた .動詞自動詞真珠 (貝 )を採る ; 真珠状になる .他動詞 …に真珠をちりばめる ; …を真珠状 [色 ]にする .～́ b à rley 精白大麦 .～́ b ù lb ｟英｠半透明の電球 .～́ b ù tton 真珠貝のボタン .～́ d ì ver 真珠狩り人 .～̀ gr á y 真珠色 (の ).P -̀ H á rbor 真珠湾〘米国Hawaii州, Oahu島にある軍港.1941年12月7日 (日本時間8日 ), 日本海軍の奇襲攻撃を受けた〙.～̀ ó nion パールオニオン〘小粒で白いタマネギ〙.～́ ò yster 真珠貝, アコヤ貝 .～̀ s of w í sdom ｟おどけて｠賢い [役立つ ]言葉 .

pearly

pearl y /pə́ː r li /形容詞〖通例名詞の前で〗真珠のような〈色つやなど〉.P -̀ G á tes 〖the ～〗天国の門 .～̀ wh í tes ｟くだけておどけて｠歯 .

pear-shaped

p é ar-sh à ped /-t /形容詞 1 〈宝石女性の体型などが〉洋ナシ型の .2 〈声の調子などが〉柔らかみのある ; 朗々とした .g ò p é ar-shaped ｟英俗｠〈事が〉完全な失敗に終わる ; 目論見通りに行かない .